lunch inwards Surry Hills nosotros wandered through Darlinghurst, stopping to purchase chocolates, skirting the border of Kings Cross to relish them past times Woolloomoolo Bay, earlier spending an hr or hence at the fine art gallery as well as watching the Sun set from Mrs Macqarie's Chair. We relied on PT to larn us most of the agency dorsum to Surry Hills for dinner. Michael had done his question inwards advance as well as picked Bodega afterward reading a vegan rave or ii on Mess+Noise.
Mindful of Bodega's no-bookings policy, nosotros arrived at 6:03pm as well as sure as shooting didn't regret it. There were already to a greater extent than than a dozen desperate to dine, forming a queue along the footpath. We ended upwardly getting a topographic point ahead of a few of them! Turns out Bodega are quite strict almost the entire grouping beingness acquaint earlier allocating you lot a table, hence it's non the house for coming together upwardly alongside your flakier friends.
Bodega does tapas - the savoury menu's 32% vegetarian, 20% vegan past times my estimation (and other items facial expression veganisable). We got to guild most of it! And nosotros all kickoff alongside bread, of course.
First dish to larn inwards was the eggplant "en escabeche" ($8). The soft, squidgy eggplant flesh was similar a vinegary pickle dotted alongside chilli. I liked this good plenty but in all probability wouldn't guild it again; Michael liked it a whole lot more.
The roast beetroot, goats gorgonzola, walnut as well as watercress ($16) was to a greater extent than my style. I've been on a chip of a bluish cheese boot lately, as well as the candied walnuts offset this 1 nicely.
Next nosotros tried the quail egg muffin, dukkah as well as oregano ($6). H5N1 buttery bun smeared alongside oily herbs, as well as hence alongside soft-boiled eggs as well as dukkah - rich as well as very, rattling tasty. Not designed to endure shared, or eaten elegantly.
The mushrooms as well as garlic ($12) looked a lilliputian ordinary (and my photograph is much worse still!) but damn it, these were fantastic. The garlic was sugariness as well as produce to endure squeezed from its skin, in that place were at to the lowest degree 3 unlike mushroom varieties as well as oh, the marinating liquid pooling at the bottom was phenomenal. We ordered to a greater extent than breadstuff ($2 extra) to soak it all up. While I had initially balked at the prospect of paying for extra bread, I'd bring ultimately paid a much higher toll for merely a unmarried spell to build clean that dish.
We one-half expected that our repast had peaked, until nosotros tasted the corn tamale alongside dark beans as well as avocado ($20). W. O. W. I honey that dense steamy tenderess - as well as slightly sugariness season - of a fresh tamale! The trail of fresh salsa on hap truly laid it off. The avocado was a lilliputian bland, but the dark beans as well as paprika-dusted corn chips to a greater extent than than made upwardly for it. This is a gorgeous vegetarian repast inwards itself.
We had half-formed plans to consume dessert elsewhere but nosotros were hence pleased alongside our dinner that nosotros elected to stick unopen to for sweets. (Sadly this doesn't facial expression hence vegan-friendly, but you lot could ever cheque alongside the staff.)
Michael finished upwardly alongside vanilla edible bean H2O ice cream, Pedro Ximenez sherry as well as espresso ($14) - a rattling overnice combo for those who tin tolerate java hence late.
I went for the banana divide ($14), almost a repast inwards itself! At the dorsum is a cream flan topped alongside a ginger biscuit as well as roasted peanuts - truly I couldn't gustatory modality the ginger at all as well as the biscuit started to a greater extent than every bit a toffee shard as well as melted into a pleasant caramel syrup every bit I ate. In the centre is a scoop of dulce de leche H2O ice cream atop banana puree, as well as hence upwardly front end is a feather-light banana marshmallow alongside a lightly scorched surface. The marshmallow is the solely fragile chemical ingredient hither - it's otherwise a big fatty plate of creamy-caramel-banana that'll appeal to many but non all.
We walked out of Bodega truly impressed - the nutrient was close flawless inwards execution as well as in that place were a distich outstanding dishes that volition haunt our expectations of Melbourne dining for quite some time. Our nutrient mouth sneaked merely nether $100 as well as nosotros reckon it was good worth that. Service was friendly as well as attentive enough, given that this is a bustling bar, really. With the correct (prompt, lively, sharing, possessing of $50) companions I can't regard how you'd become wrong!
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The blogosphere has been almost unanimously positive almost Bodega! Check out Jasmyne Tea, not my solely shoes..., Feeling Peckish?, glutton & nuts, The Cuisinerd, The Ortolan's Last Meal, The Empty Fridge, What I Ate Today, Foodies Memoir, Grab Your Fork (twice), Music Munchies Review, Breath of the Wok as well as eat tori.
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Bodega
216 Commonweath St, Surry Hills Sydney NSW
(02) 9212 7766
veg tapas $6-$20
http://www.bodegatapas.com/
Accessibility: The entry is broad alongside a ramp. Inside is a lilliputian cramped, though some tables offering a lilliputian to a greater extent than infinite than others. All service is at the table. We didn't see the toilets.
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